Member Peter Dooling

Congratulations, Joe. I wished I could have made it out to attend your gallery opening. Although I have seen several of the show images before, there is nothing like seeing them printed large and lit properly. More importantly, I wanted to show my support for your work. It is a lot of fun to shoot with you and watch your contemplative and studied…[Read more]

GMB;8540 wrote: David, do you know whther the sSchneider filters fit into the Lee holder? Thanks

Nope. The stock Lee holder is designed for resin filters, so there are three narrow tracks. Schneider modifies the filter holder so that two, thicker glass filters can be accommodated.

peterv;8441 wrote: Yes, Sony said some time ago that they wanted to be disruptive and innovative. I welcome that, but for us poor guys and girls who've invested in an interchangeable lens system, a curved sensor is most likely not going to be in the cards. Though I wouldn't mind a pocket-sized MF RX1…

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bobtetreault;8390 wrote: David

Do you use a thumb rule for the hyperfocal distance at different apertures? It is on the M lenses but absent from the S lenses.

Bob

Bob,

I found a good hyperfocal position with some experimentation. Generally, when shooting landscape on a tripod, I'm almost always shooting at f/11 or…[Read more]

I'd add that when I use wide angle S lenses at infinity, I almost never allow the camera to auto focus focus to infinity. In my mind, doing so effectively discards a large portion of my usable DOF. I usually set the hyperfocal position manually and just shoot everything at this setting. Then, on a 30mm, I can get DOF on everything from 3ft to…[Read more]

dalethorn;8357 wrote: Excellent all!! The colors seem especially vibrant and saturated. Any special settings?

Thanks.

Nothing special, just started with my standard T preset in LR then made small tweaks.